Guiding questions are open ended, yet focus inquiry on a specific topic. Guiding questions are nonjudgmental. Guiding questions contain emotive force and intellectual rigor. Guiding questions are succinct.
· What is courage? · What does it mean to be healthy?
· Where do waves come from? · What is a good house?
· What is worth fighting for? · When are laws fair?
Adapted from : Educational Leadership March 1998
Questions That Lead “Why is sexism bad?" is a leading question. It contains its own answer.
Although they don't serve the purpose of guiding questions, leading questions are useful. Unless carefully constructed, leading questions may lack personality, concrete referents, and intrinsic interest.
The following lead rather than guide: Why is there inequitable distribution of food in the world?" How many kilocalories per day does an average human need?" or What 15 crops account for nearly all the world's agricultural production?"
Yet all three will directly contribute to “Where does hunger come from?"
Examples of Leading Questions Should species be allowed to become extinct? Why is Brand X better than Brand Y? Should there be national health care? Why isn’t there an equitable distribution of wealth? Why should we recycle? How can schools be improved?
Good questions are the key to good research.
Guiding questions are open ended, yet focus inquiry on a specific topic. Guiding questions are nonjudgmental. Guiding questions contain emotive force and intellectual rigor. Guiding questions are succinct.
Examples of Guiding Questions
· What is waste? · Where do I belong?
· Who is hungry? · Who was a great person?
· What is courage? · What does it mean to be healthy?
· Where do waves come from? · What is a good house?
· What is worth fighting for? · When are laws fair?
Adapted from : Educational Leadership March 1998Questions That Lead “Why is sexism bad?" is a leading question. It contains its own answer.
Although they don't serve the purpose of guiding questions, leading questions are useful. Unless carefully constructed, leading questions may lack personality, concrete referents, and intrinsic interest.
The following lead rather than guide: Why is there inequitable distribution of food in the world?" How many kilocalories per day does an average human need?" or What 15 crops account for nearly all the world's agricultural production?"
Yet all three will directly contribute to “Where does hunger come from?"
Examples of Leading Questions Should species be allowed to become extinct? Why is Brand X better than Brand Y? Should there be national health care? Why isn’t there an equitable distribution of wealth? Why should we recycle? How can schools be improved?
th?n king
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